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FORMER Ireland manager and England 1966 World Cup winner Jack Charlton passed away last night at his home in Northumberland at the age of 85 following a long-term illness that he finally succumbed to.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Every Nigerian landlord shall instal a solar panel on their property to help address the power crisis

(2) Nigerians should only hold parties abroad in exotic locations like Dubai and Seychelles if local facilities such as Obudu Cattle Ranch, Idanre Hills, Tinapa, etc are not available

CHARITY Oxfam has warned that as many as 12,000 people could die every day from hunger as a result of the economic crisis precipitated by the coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping the globe.

MIDDLE East airline Emirates has announced that it will begin flying its Airbus A380 to London and Paris as from Wednesday July 15 as part of an ambitious resumption plan instituted following the end of the coronavirus lockdown.

SUSPENDED Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu has rubbished recent claims attributed to a person identified as Jackson Ude that he gave N4bn ($10.3m) to vice president Professor Yemi Osinbajo saying the agency has no such cash.

SUPER Eagles playmaker Alex Iwobi has been nominated for two prestigious end-of-season awards at his English Premier League clubside Everton in his first season at the club following his £28m transfer from Arsenal.

FORMER finance minister Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is running in second place at the moment as the race to become the next director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) heats up according to the latest survey by UK betting house Ladbrokes.

Ayo Akinfe

(1) Nigeria was founded on the basis of the fact that she could supply Europe with commodities she needed at particular points in time. First of all it was human cargo in the form of slaves and then it later became palm oil once the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was abolished in 1833. I ask myself why we have not continued with that trend. As the world’s largest black nation, Nigeria has got to be one of humanity’s greatest providers

NIGERIA'S federal government has announced plans to review the operations of some of its embassies as part of a rationalisation programme made necessary as a result of the need to cut the cost of governance in response to the coronavirus economic crisis.

NIGERIAN bank customers are having problems withdrawing money from cashpoint machines in the new post Covid-19 era because several banks have installed face detection features which do not work when customers use them wearing facemasks.